Back to School Projects with School U Theme

Back to School Projects with School U Theme

Back to School Projects with School U Theme

August 20, 2013PicMonkey

Pretty much anything you set out to teach or learn involves imagery unless, say, you’re studying mental ecology and you do all your research inside an isolation tank. If you’re a teacher, a homeschooler, or a student, PicMonkey wants to be your study buddy as you get ready for back to school. Here are some cool projects, using content from our School U theme, to kick start your imagination.

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Journaling projects and teacher-made worksheets

Following a field trip, create a journaling exercise with your photographs and the school-ruled lines graphic in Dashed & Lined. Hand-tune letter formation worksheets using the school-rule graphic and the Pencil Pete or Learning Curve cursive font. If you’re a Montessori teacher, make your own nomenclature cards!

First-day plaques

Oh man, if you’re a parent of little ones in the first few years of school, those first-day-of-school photos are a must-do! Make a sweet plaque for your kid to hold for first-day-of-school photos. Of course, you can use an graphic over a posed photo instead of printing out an actual plaque to hold, but some like the inferred self-identification of a child holding a sign.

Binder inserts and dividers

Students and teachers need three-ring binders like dogs need bones, right? Use PicMonkey to make cool subject dividers for your binder, or inserts for the kind with the clear cover. Don’t forget about your friend Collage; queue up imagery around the subject hand and make a neat, rectilinear layout for it.

Awards and certificates

Who couldn’t use a little external validation to stay motivated? Our Awards graphics were created with this use in mind. Grab yourself some fun graphics to drop behind the title; Flourishes and Banners (in the Graphics tab) would be perf!

Classroom chartlets and mini-posters

Save your classroom budget for stuff you can’t make, like erasers and scissors, not classroom decor, signage, and anchor charts! If you’re making checklist-type charts, check out the check mark boxes we have in Correction Marks.

Tip for getting a plain white background: Fire up the Editor and place a rectangular Geometric graphic onto any photo, and drag it across the entire surface. Use the color picker to change the color to white. Your images can be placed on top by bringing them in as graphics: click the “Your Own” button at the top of the Graphics menu. You can also create a plain background by making a one-cell collage without any pictures placed into the cell. It’s white, by default, so just save it and name it. Learn more about PicMonkey’s other amazing design themes.

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This article was written by PicMonkey Staff, a multicellular organism of hive-minded sub-parts who just wanna get you the ideas and information you crave, so you can make good pictures and take over the world.